When you start up a new business, you should consider the recruitment and employment of its people – the human resource
In a social business their involvement is often different and broader – it may include volunteers, employee owners or community owners. That’s why paying particular attention to how your social enterprise human resources are engaged is very important.
Human resource management in social enterprises
Some social businesses involve their employees in the governance of the organisation. In fact, worker co-operatives are owned and run entirely by their employees. In these cases the employment rights and responsibilities are exactly the same as for any other business. The governance of an employee owned business or worker co-operative just needs to take account of the multiple roles as employee, member and director.